We just can’t hear enough about
the transformations taking place with Cloud technologies. This should not be
surprising since many of us stumbled through similar transformations with
client/server, distributed computing, the Web, and we all lived to tell...

With the proliferation of cloud computing, many businesses are starting to adopt a service provider model—either as a deliberate strategy to establish new revenue streams or, in some cases, inadvertently to support the growing needs of their organizations....

The WebSphere MQ (WMQ) JMS (Java® Message Service) messaging provider allows you to choose between two modes of operation for a WMQ JMS application. The modes of operation control whether WMQ V6 or WMQ V7 features are used. WebSphere MQ V7...

New application monitoring solution from IBM
As IT infrastructures evolve, we are seeing a rapid shift towards cloud environments. This is creating the need for companies to look at different approaches for monitoring...

Maximo for Service Providers is an add-on product for Maximo and SmartCloud Control Desk that helps meets the needs of clients who manage assets and services for customers, as a business, or clients who manage assets and services within an enterprise and bills...

The IBM® Cloud Integration Lab has published a technical integration note titled CSP² Technical Integration Note: Managing the core system . This technical integration note provides a general introduction to the IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform (CSP²)...

usage scenario :
A customer who rent Maximo application
from a Cloud Application platform operator to manage their own business. In
this scenario, we assume that the Cloud Application platform operator charges
their customer monthly depend on the...

A very interesting Cloud Computing case study of the Capgemini Infrastructure as a Service delivery platform project has been recently published on the Web: Capgemini boosts service to clients with a cloud delivery platform The case study shows how one of...

Today I want to write on DataPower status variable(s) var://service/system/status which are available in DataPower firmware at least since 3.7.3 firmware. The link just given goes to first DataPower InfoCenter for 3.8.1 firmware. Basically this variable...

In part 1 of this entry , I outlined the concepts and steps required to get data inside Registry Services. I also revealed Registry Services’ party trick, which lies in its ability to recognize seemingly disjoint information from different sources as...

The DBMS placement in Cloud Solutions based on Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) / Service Automation Manager (TSAM) / Service Delivery Manager (ISDM), plays a significant role into overall product function, performance, and how this relates to the evolving...

Tivoli has a tremendous array of
Systems Management applications, but we can't do everything! We need
your help & your data, seamlessly integrated with Tivoli; and we
want you to be able to seamlessly consume data from Tivoli.
Customers want to see...

To help you understand OSLC better, the 7.5.0.5 release of Maximo Asset Management features significant changes to the OSLC documentation in the information center. The existing 7.5.0.3 content that describes OSLC consumers has been enhanced, while a whole new...

Are the target dates for your SLA not calculating as expected? The setup of your calendars and shifts plays an important part in calculating the target dates for SLA.
Take a look at this new post and have it everything...

Interesting week at Impact 2009 Conference with the WebSphere Cloudburst appliance and BPM Blueworks BPM in the cloud announcements showing the growing importance of the "cloud". On the SOA front I had a very constructive discussion with Jérome...

Maximo® for Service Providers 7.5.3 introduced the feature to automate the billing of price schedules, which means no need of human interaction to create bill batches and copy transactions. With this function you can choose the frequency of billing...